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M3.5 earthquake 0 km NNW of Baumkirchen, Austria
Saturday, September 26, 2026, 07:56:56 UTC · 47.306°N, 11.562°E
A magnitude 3.5 earthquake struck 0 km NNW of Baumkirchen, Austria on Saturday, September 26, 2026, 07:56:56 UTC, at a depth of 10.0 km (shallow). USGS received 2 “Did You Feel It?” reports, with a maximum reported intensity of III (weak).
- Magnitude
- 3.5
- Minor · ml
- Depth
- 10 km
- Shallow
- Felt reports
- 2
- Max intensity III
- Est. shaking
- —
- No ShakeMap
- PAGER alert
- None
- Not issued
- Tsunami
- No flag
- USGS feed
Outlined circle: this earthquake
In context
How big was it, and why here?
Energy released
3 tons of TNT
That is about 1/5,615 of the Hiroshima bomb. A magnitude 5.0 releases about 178 times more energy.
Tectonic setting
505 km
from the nearest mapped plate boundary, between the North American and Pacific plates. Earthquakes this far from a boundary happen on faults inside a plate, often less frequently but sometimes strongly.
Depth: shallow
10 km
Shallow earthquakes (under 70 km) produce the strongest surface shaking for their size, so they are the ones most likely to cause damage near the epicenter.
Did You Feel It?
Where it was felt
Reports sent by people to USGS, grouped by place (most reports first). Intensity uses the Modified Mercalli scale (I–X): what people felt, not the magnitude.
| Place | Intensity | Reports | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Völs, Tirol, Austria | III · Weak | 1 | 21 km |
| Rum, Tirol, Austria | II · Weak | 1 | 12 km |
USGS PAGER estimate
Who was exposed to shaking
USGS publishes PAGER impact estimates for significant earthquakes, usually within an hour. No PAGER estimate is available for this event.
After the main event
Aftershocks within 50 km
USGS has not published any M2.5+ earthquake within 50 km since this event.
Regional history
Past M5+ earthquakes within 300 km
USGS lists 69 M5.0+ earthquakes within 300 km before this one (catalog from 1900; older records are less complete). The strongest:
- 6.53 km SW of Prato, ItalyMay 6, 1976 · 168 km SE of this epicenter
- 6.11 km WNW of Lestans, ItalyJune 17, 1976 · 161 km SE of this epicenter
- 6.05 km NNE of Isola, ItalySeptember 15, 1976 · 167 km SE of this epicenter
- 6.04 km NNE of Massa Finalese, ItalyMay 20, 2012 · 270 km S of this epicenter
- 6.04 km SE of Zuglio, ItalyMarch 27, 1928 · 150 km SE of this epicenter
- 5.92 km SSE of Jungingen, GermanyNovember 16, 1911 · 218 km NW of this epicenter
- 5.91 km SSW of Venzone, ItalySeptember 15, 1976 · 162 km SE of this epicenter
- 5.95 km SW of Chiaulis, ItalyMay 7, 1976 · 150 km SE of this epicenter
History · NOAA
Deadliest earthquakes in this area
NOAA’s significant-earthquake database lists 43 damaging, deadly or tsunami-generating earthquakes within 300 km of this epicenter since 1700, which together caused about 1,086 recorded deaths. The most severe:
- 1976M6.5
Ne, Balkans Nw: Slovenia: Nw
6 May 1976 · 168 km away · intensity X
978 deaths$3.6 billion damage
- 1873
Bellunese
29 Jun 1873 · 139 km away · intensity X
55 deathsModerate damage ($1–5M)
- 2012M5.9
Emilia Romagna: Medolla, Mirandola, Cavezzo
29 May 2012 · 275 km away
17 deaths$16 billion damage
- 1976M6.0
Northeastern
15 Sep 1976 · 167 km away · intensity IX
11 deathsModerate damage ($1–5M)
- 2012M6.1
Emilia Romagna: Mirandola
20 May 2012 · 270 km away
7 deathsExtreme damage ($25M+)
- 1895M6.1
Slovenia: Ljubljana
14 Apr 1895 · 261 km away · intensity IX
7 deathsSevere damage ($5–24M)
NOAA NCEI Global Significant Earthquake Database. Historical figures are estimates; older records are incomplete.